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Obstype (observation subtypes) | MARS abbreviation | Description |
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1/2/3/4/7/28/140/147/165/170/172/176/178 | LSD | Land surface data |
1 | S | Synop land |
2 | S2 | Synop record 2 land |
3 | SA | Synop auto land |
4 | SA2 | Synop auto record 2 land |
7 | Soil and earth temperature | |
28Snow | SNOW DEPTH | |
140 | METAR | Metar |
147 | METAR AUTO | |
165 | Interactive Multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System | |
170 | BUFR LAND SYNOP | |
172 | BUFR LAND SYNOP 2 | |
176 | BUFR LAND SYNOP WMO Region 6 | |
178 | BUFR LAND SYNOP 1 HOURLY | |
9/11/12/13/14/19/21/22/23/180/181/182 | SSD | Sea surface data |
9 | SAB | Synop ship abbreviated |
11 | SS | Synop ship |
12 | SS2 | Synop record 2 ship |
13 | SAS | Synop auto ship |
14 | SAS2 | Synop auto record 2 ship |
19 | SH | Synop ship reduced |
20 ? | RCD | Reduced COADS data |
21 | DSU | Dribu surface |
22 | BSU | Bathy surface |
23 | TSU | Tesac surface |
180 | BUFR SHIP SYNOP | |
181 | BUFR MOORED BUOYS | |
182 | BUFR DRIFTING BUOYS | |
91/92/95/96/97/101/102/103/104/105/106/107/109/111/112/113/230/231 | VSNS | Vertical soundings (not satellite) |
91 | P | Pilot land |
92 | PS | Pilot ship |
95 | WP | Wind profiler |
96 | EWP | European wind profile |
97 | EWTP | European wind & temp profile |
101 | T | Temp land |
102 | TS | Temp ship |
103 | TD | Temp drop |
104 | R | Rocob land |
105 | RS | Rocob ship |
106 | TM | Temp mobile |
107 | CT | Climate temp |
109 | Land High Resolution Temp | |
110 ? | Ground-based GPS | |
111 | Ship High Resolution Temp | |
112 | BUFR land pilot | |
113 | BUFR ship pilot | |
230 | BUFR TEMP DROP | |
231 | BUFR TEMP DESCENT | |
51/53/54/55/56/57/59/61/62/63/65/71/72/73/75/138/139/153/155/211/250 | VSS | Vertical soundings (satellite) |
51 | HR | High resolution |
53 | RTOV | RTOVS |
54 | TOVB | TOVS1b |
55 | ATOV | ATOVS |
56 | ATOP | ATOVS products |
59 | AMSR-E | |
61 | SMT | Satem mean temp. |
62 | SW | Satem water |
63 | SHL | Satem higher level mean |
65 | SLM | Satem levels merged |
71 | MT | Mean temp. |
72 | W | Water |
73 | HL | Higher level |
75 | TLM | TOVS levels merged |
138 | RSCAT | |
139 | ASCAT | |
153 | Micro Wave Radiation Imager (MWRI) | |
155 | atovs eumetsat | |
211 | SAPHIR | |
250 | GPS Radio Occultation | |
121/122/123/124/210/212/213/214/216/217/218 | SDS | Surface data (satellite) |
121 | WAS | Wave Scatterometer |
122 | WIS | Wind Scatterometer |
123 | RAL | Radar Altimeter |
124 | SST | Sea Surface Temperature |
125 ? | RW | Reprocessed Wind |
210 | ENVISAT SAR | |
212 | MERIS | |
213 | ENVISAT RADAR ALTIMETER | |
241 ? | ||
216 | JASON-2 RADAR ALTIMETER | |
217 | CRYOSAT-2 RADAR ALTIMETER | |
218 | SARAL RADAR ALTIMETER | |
141/142/143/144/145/146/149 | SLNS | Single level upper-air (not satellite) |
141 | COD | Codar |
142 | AIR | Airep |
143 | COL | Colba |
144 | AM | AMDAR |
145 | AC | ACARS |
146 | EAM | Wigos AMDAR |
149 | ACARS with mixing ratio | |
82/83/84/85/86/87/88/89/189/190 | SLS | Single level upper-air (satellite) |
82 | SAT2 | Satob section 2 |
83 | SAT3 | Satob section 3 |
84 | SAT4 | Satob section 4 |
85 | SAT5 | Satob section 5 |
86 | SAT6 | High resolution winds |
87 | SAT7 | High density unified format satellite wind |
88 | GEOR | Geostationary radiances |
89 | GCSR | Geostationary clear sky radiances |
189 | ||
190 | ||
131/132/133/184 | OD | Oceanographic data |
131 | DO | Dribu oceanographic |
132 | BO | Bathy |
133 | TO | Tesac |
184 | ||
164/237 | DD | Derived data |
164 | PA | PAOBS |
237 | ||
Miscellaneous observation subtypes | ||
129/130 | TRMM | TRMM |
129 | TBT | TMI brightness temperature |
130 | TI3R | TMI instantaneous 3D rainfall structure |
126 | SSMI | |
126 | SSMI | Microwave images |
127 | SSBT | Seas surface brightness temperature |
137/138 | QSCAT | QuikScat |
137 | QSCA | Quikscat |
138 | QSSW | Quikscat sea winds |
139 | QS50 | Quikscat sea winds 50 km |
206 | REO3 | Ozone |
206 | REO3 | Retrieved ozone |
162/159 | CC | Chemical constituent |
159 | ||
162 | OVS | Ozone vertical sounding |
31 | SF | Synoptic features |
31 | STOR | Storm data |
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